| ISBN |
9780716699378 (hardback) |
| Name |
Miles, Liz author. |
| Title |
Landslides, mudslides, & avalanches / writer, Liz Miles ; illustrator, Stefan Chabluk. |
| Edition |
3rd edition. |
| Published |
Chicago, IL : World Book, [2018] |
| ©2018 |
| Description |
55 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Mass movement -- Landslides -- What is a landslide? -- Types of landslides -- China, 1920 -- What causes a landslide? -- What happens during a landslide? -- Landslide effects -- Alaska, 1964 -- Avoiding landslides -- Submarine landslides -- Mudslides -- What is a mudslide? -- Gansu mudslide of 2010 -- Devastating volcanic mudslides -- Rain-induced landslides -- Vargas mudslides of 1999 -- Mudslide in Oso, Washington -- Avalanches -- What is an avalanche? -- Why do avalanches happen? -- The Alps, 1999 -- What happens during an avalanche? -- The effects of avalanches -- Stevens Pass, 1910 -- Avalanche prevention and rescue -- Everest avalanches of 2014 and 2015. |
| Summary |
"A discussion of landslides, mudslides, and avalanches, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant landslides and avalanches from history"-- |
| Target audience note |
Ages 5-11. |
| Subjects |
Landslides -- Juvenile literature |
| Mudslides -- Juvenile literature |
| Avalanches -- Juvenile literature |
| Natural disasters -- Juvenile literature |
| Other Names |
Chabluk, Stefan illustrator. |
| Series |
World Book's library of natural disasters |
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